Year: 2004
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Father knows best
In his memoirs, A World Transformed, written five years ago, George H.W. Bush wrote the following to explain why he didn’t go after Saddam Hussein at the end of the Gulf War:“Trying to eliminate Saddam…would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq….There…
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Life
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.Mark Twain
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Don’t we all…
I was a little offended when I used the men’s room at Home Depot last week and a sign by the urinals said, “We can rent you the best tool to do the job!” Hell, I thought I had it in my hand!via email from Anonymous John, Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:12:38 -0400
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Failure
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure — try to please everybody.Herbert Bayard Swope
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I’m bored to day and I think my Chili went bad
My cousin John Treworgy copied me on the following email he sent to his kids/step-kids on Thursday, August 26, 2004 9:50 AM:I made a big batch of chili on Sunday for breakfast and ate it all day Sunday, all day Tuesday and finished it last night with chips and Homemade salsa I made Monday. Well,…
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Government warnings (Don’t forget your duct tape!)
The US government has a new website, Ready.gov from the department of homeland security.The thing is that the pictures from the site are so ambiguous they could mean anything! Here are a few interpretations.If you have set yourself on fire, do not run.If you spot terrorism, blow your anti-terrorism whistle. If you are Vin Diesel,…